That helmet looks bigger than a cat's head...

Depends on what type of cat you have.

I'm sure you could find a small dog that it would fit on. Dogs come in many sizes.

This is true. I have modified my plans for the day Halo 3 comes out. Here is what I will do. Changes in italics.

1. Camp out to get the game
2. Head to local Petsmart
3. Go home and play the game.

Looks great. I like the fact they're serialized.

From Frankie on a post I made on the HBO forums:

"Those photos are of the prototype. The real thing looks waaaaay better, more detailed and has much fancier textures. (not texturemaps)"

I was about to say... it looks like something you would get in a Happy Meal.

...right up your alley, Mintz. :)

Zinger!

I know EA's going to EB Games in Jones Valley. Where's everyone else going to get their copy. I'm going to preorder it soon. Also, is anyone going to be spawn camping near their closest video game outlet. Anyone near Madison or University Drive?

I'm glad that they are making it even nicer, although I would be happy with the happy meal version.

Oculus, I will probably reserve 1-2 copies at N. Parkway, but I was also planning on reserving at another location. Since Midnight also reserved at University EB, I'll probably come out there and we can all spawn camp together. EA, wanna add another copy? Anyone else?

I thought the one in the picture looked kind of cheap. But my cat doesn't care what the helmet looks like. She will wear either one.

Ok, looks like University EB is where it's at. Now, are you talking about the one in the downstairs of Madison Square Mall, or is there another one.

I was actually talking about the one in the Target Shopping Center. Just down from CompUSA. I'm not sure which one Midnight reserved at. Standing insided Mad.Sq. would be a little more tolerable than waiting outside at the other one. I'll go either way, though. There is no amount of inclimate weather that could keep me home.

I've got two on order in Jones Valley. I'm only going to pre-order one more locally at most. Memo to Midnight: You live in SE HSV now.

If I get any more, I'm going to pre-order them online. Who knows? They occasionally show up a day or two early in the mail.

I _may_ pre-order a regular version copy and let that be the only one I open, leaving the rest sealed for many years to come.

All that said, I definitely intend on playing this game as soon as possible. I'll take leave if I have to. But, the only way I'm going to attend a midnight release is if I won't be getting a copy later that morning.

I went to the Target shopping center on University. It was the only place I could go on Sunday (when I remembered EA's text message) and still make it to the airport.

How much of a down payment do they require you to pay?

$25/Legendary edition
$5/normal edition

Didn't ask about the collector's edition (the one in the middle).

Well, considering that goes toward the total payment. I might get the collectors simply because when I go to get it it will only be $75. I am doing way to much rationalizing.

Look at that helmet! Can you really live without that? Just skip two meals this weekend and call it even. Jesus fasted for a month for you. Can't you fast a day for Master Chief?

Yeah, you would know about Happy Meals, wouldn't you Slayer? You are the one who works at a fast food restaurant, right?

LOL

Of course I know about happy meals! What the... who doesn't know about 'em? One of my favorite parts of my childhood. Plus, I have nieces and nephews.

...and no, Guthrie's is not fast food by any means. If you would get your head out of the Happy Meal box and eat at restaurants for "grown ups" (FYI, also known as adults), like Guthrie's, then you would know this.

BTW, how's that car coming along, Mintz?

In my best Michael Kelso voice....BURN!!!

Wow, Golden Fried Chicken Fingers is "grown up" food? I'd hesitate to imagine how you'd respond to an upscale restaurant like Ruth's Chris Steakhouse...

My car situation is coming along about as well as your girlfriend situation. (Oh yes, I went there...)

BTW, meet anyone from Bungie lately?

So you're sneaking around in the shadows taking pictures and video of prospective cars while breathing laboriously?

Yup. I pitch up a lawn chair outside of a car dealership's windows... just watching...

"Wow, Golden Fried Chicken Fingers is "grown up" food? I'd hesitate to imagine how you'd respond to an upscale restaurant like Ruth's Chris Steakhouse..."

The food don't come with a plastic doll. BTW, Ruth's Chris is my favorite steak restaurant, very nice. Does your mom cut the steak for you? Or can you handle it yet?

"My car situation is coming along about as well as your girlfriend situation. (Oh yes, I went there...)"

Oh, you mean the situation this weekend... yeah, with the girl I'm going out with. ...the very attractive girl I am going out with. Wow, things must be shakin' then. Your mom finally came trough, huh? Tell me, did she put a car seat in for you too?

"BTW, meet anyone from Bungie lately?"

No comment... That statement totally speaks for itself. :) OMG!

I bet you wish they'd come with an inflatable doll instead, huh?

My mom doesn't do much "trough"-ing anymore. As for your "situation," I'll believe it when I see it. And believe me, I'd have to see it! =P Did you get to hold her hand? Were your palms sweaty?

No. No it doesn't. If you were about to head in the "geek" direction, I'd have to remind you what website you are currently browsing...

"I bet you wish they'd come with an inflatable doll instead, huh?"

Look, Mintz, if you are looking for things to fantasize about, you are barking up the wrong tree. I don't swing that way. There are websites for that kind of thing... try Googling "lumberjack".

"My mom doesn't do much "trough"-ing anymore."

Good grief. Once again, a simple typo and you can't figure out the question. Thats pretty sad. Just can't work your way past that missing letter. Try, Mintz, I know its hard... but try.

"As for your "situation," I'll believe it when I see it. And believe me, I'd have to see it! =P Did you get to hold her hand? Were your palms sweaty?"

I don't operate on that adolescent level, Mintz. You see, there is more to a relationship than holding hands. Ask your mom about it sometime.

Furthermore, you aren't going to see or hear anything about it. If you want to get off on something, go to one of your lumberjackish sites. Or ask for some footage of your bungie friends... I'm sure they would comply. "Sweaty palms" ...sicko.

"No. No it doesn't. If you were about to head in the "geek" direction, I'd have to remind you what website you are currently browsing..."

No, the geek thing goes without saying. I was just amazed at how someone could brag about blowing hundreds of bucks to go brown nose a bunch of game developers. Yeah, thats gonna really help you down the road. Talk about connections. Gee, I bet you get Halo 3 a full day sooner than anyone else. Wow, or even mentioned in the credits. Whew, you'll never want for anything with those connections. "Car? Education? Who needs it? I know frankie!"

...and just like that we're back to blaming others for not understanding your typos.

The first rule of internet flaming is to make sure your post is nailed down tight. No errors in spelling or grammar, and no claims that you aren't 100% sure of or haven't run a google search on. A clever adversary can always distract from your content with a witty quip about your lack of attention to detail.

I'm giving away all my secrets it took me 10 years to learn.

Thanks, Jeff, as usual I'm sure she appreciates the help.

Chick fight!

Someone go get J-Dogg, if there's hair pulling he'll want to see it.

Slayer, you don't "operate on that adolescent level"? You work at an "adult" restaurant? Your whole method of flaming revolves around "Yo momma" and "You're gay" jokes. Very mature. Nice work. And don't brag about working at Guthrie's.

Also, as Mintz is persuing computer related work, possibly game development, his connections within the community could quite possibly be as good as gold.

Yeah Ryan, and Mintz has conducted himself so maturely throughout... right. As usual you guys come to his rescue. I know he appreciates it... heaven knows he needs it.

BTW, Guthrie's is a great place to work. Especially when it is your second job.

I've worked at some low-brow places: a farm, a grocery store, a moving company. However I didn't refer to them as an agricultural enterprise, a nutrient distribution agency, or a relocation consultant firm.

It's OK to work at a fast food joint, especially at your age. The only funny thing is that you claim it's not fast food. Dude, you specialize in chicken fingers, have a drink fountain, and the website advertises a drive-thru. Yes, it's in that weird Zaxby's, Schlotski's (sp?), not exactly McDonald's but not exactly Olive Garden genre, but I would still call it fast food. If you had glanced over that part he would have been ammo-less. I would have replied "Beats unemployment," or "...but I do drive to work."

BTW, I don't see working at a restaurant as any more glamorous than fast food. BB did it for years and every single one she went to was filled with drug-addicts, alcoholics, and people with zero motivation to succeed. I think FB will echo that as his experience as well. Not that all restaurant employees fit that mold (BB and FB certainly don't), but unless you are the Maitre'De (sp?) at 801 Franklin I wouldn't even play the "my restaurant is so much better than that" card.

Is this the natural progression for an internet arguer? I used to be the one arguing; now I enjoy consulting the arguers. I wonder if one day I can move up to managing all internet arguments.

If Mintz was talking about how mature he was and how immature you were, while AT THE SAME TIME making the most juvenile of school yard jokes, he would hear about it too. He's being juvenile as well, but he is not turning around and claiming to be more mature than you at the same time.

And how many jobs you have is irrelevant and Guthrie's being "a second job" doesn't make working there any more brag worthy.

I kind of want to end this thread because all of these "reply to's" are breaking the layout's theme. (I guess we need to come up with a fix, Oc.)

On the other hand, I'm getting quite a bit of entertainment out of this FFA 25K. I mean, even the Rev has gotten into this discussion.

I'd say the score is:

Mintz 18
Midnight 13
FoulBreed 12
Slayer 9
Brick 2
Reverend 1

This thread is so hot!

My current boss hired me from Arby's.

We like employees that spent considerable time in the food service industry. It makes them gratefull to work here.

In my room I've just tallied jobs from 2 CS, 2 MIS, and 2 students
- Arby's
- Wendy's
- Albertsons Deli
- Books a Million
- Kroger
- Cafeteria at College
- Staples
- Walmart
- Lemonade vendor at Big Springs Jam & Panoply
- K-Mart

I take a dim view of those who knock people who hold these types of jobs. I also highly disapprove of people who shoot water cannons into drive-thrus. ;P

I was actually wondering how many replies deep it would go before it got hard to read.

I am wondering if perhaps it will take just one more reply. Perhaps this is the one that puts it over the line? There is really no way to tell, but to make the post and publish. I am also wondering if I have typed enough to fully answer the question. Maybe you couldn't get this far because it is already too hard to read?

You can add Steak & Ale and Papa John's to the list for me. I was a bus boy for 2 years and a delivery driver for a few months when we started my current business. I'm not ashamed to have worked at either place and agree that it has helped me to appreciate the oppurtunity to do more. I don't think those jobs are any more prestigious than McDonald's though. Well, Papa John's might have been. But that is only because it was my 2nd job.

At least when working for Papa Johns, you got to spend a lot of time driving that chick-magnet of a car you used to roll in.

Dude, you're not kidding. I think the polarity was reversed, however. That was the perfect pizza delivery vehicle though - great gas mileage and old enough that I didn't care about the wear & tear.

touche

My very first job was a summer job when I was 14 working for the Giles Co TN Highway Dept. I picked up trash along the side of the road four 10-hour days per week for minimum wage. It really gave me an appreciation for physical labor and why I should go to college. One day we found a huge trash bag on the side of the road filled with porno magazines. It smelled really badly, but we kept it on the bus (we were transported to/from sites in a converted school bus) for weeks.

Did you see any purple roosters?

No, it was sans any barnyardia.

Unlike Texas Hold 'em, I'm going to take my credits and cash out while I'm ahead.

I wonder what happens when the body of the comment gets smaller that the date line. I wonder if this will be the comment that does it.

Unfortunately no, yours isn't thin enough. It's kinda funny how the dates are in a completely different part of the post like this.

I don't think I ever bragged about working at Guthrie's, not that it is a bad place to work... its great. Look, this is stupid, the whole "adult" thing wasn't even supposed to make logical sense... so I don't know how it ended up being a huge argument. You guys are applying ordinary logic to an argument that is illogical from the start. But listen, if we want to turn this into an argument over work experience, than Mintz can just quit now... oh wait, he already did.

Mintz, you aren't ahead of anything. You give yourself way too much credit. You're lucky you have a bunch of guys helping you out.

They have successfully turned this argument into a ludicrous discussion. So I guess it is over. I am not going to continue in this argument because interference by others is unavoidable.

...

So we cool?

...I need a break, I will get back to you on that one.

Don't worry, this post isn't to make fun of you, I'm just trying to see what it'll look like with such little space...

And I must say, it does look quite funny, but probably not as weird as this one...

The date has excaped entirely

Some days I wonder what it would look like if I put a lot of text and some extremely long antidisistablishmentarianism like words into this small space..... yes it looks like we need a fix for this.

I will stay up late at night thinking about this.

Goodness!

Mintz,

I have been feeling pretty rotten and... well, sick really, about what I said earlier. I had no right, nor reason, to say such things and I did so with a wrong attitude. You did not do anything to me to give me reason to act in such a "juvenile" and immature manner. No matter how aggravated, angry, or annoyed I get there is no excuse for my behavior. Furthermore, I need to work on my own patience and self-control so that I don't get that way in the first place. I am sorry for saying the things I did and acting the way I did. I ask that you would, please, forgive me and except this as a most humble and sincere apology.

Everyone else,

I am sorry that I started, encouraged and antagonized this situation that, I am sure, created much discomfort for all who visit this website. I will endeavor to do better in the future and I hope you will bear with me.

Sincerely and most apologetically,

Andy

LMAO. Andy, don't apologize.

Which is Mintz's way of saying "Apology accepted".

GG Slayer.

It has been reported that HALO 3 Legendary Edition is sold out. However, you can still buy them at some retailers (Amazon for one).

I wonder if this thing is going to be a collector's item.